[Avodah] learning Torah before Matan Torah

Eli Turkel eliturkel at gmail.com
Tue Feb 26 01:52:17 PST 2008


RDaniel Eidensohn quoted the Griz:
>>
*Griz Halevi **(Bereishis 16:5):
The world asks a question ? how could Avraham keep Shabbos before the
mitzva was given at Sinai
since he had the status of a non?Jew and Sanhedrin(58b) states that a
non?Jew who observes Shabbos is liable to the death penalty?
>>

I have already been very disturbed by these questions and answers like
they had a safek and so
did some action that is forbidden to a Jew but allowed to a goy.

This whole attitude is so a-historical as to be disturbing (I would
use a stronger word but then risk
being rejected).

I vaguely remember another Griz having another question connected with
the Gemara identifying Ezra
with Malachi and if Ezra was a Cohen Gadol. Also was some question I
found not very powerful

-- 
Eli Turkel



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